What was the first text message ever sent?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. How many hours a day do you use your phone?
2. What is your favourite app?
3. Do you use your phone to learn English?
4. What gadget can't you live without?
5. Do you prefer calling or texting?
6. How is technology changing your life?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about your phone.

Choose the word that fits.

1. Please don't tell anyone your .
2. I'm a new app now.
3. I my phone every night.
4. I get too many from apps.
5. I need to my phone.
6. The is too small to read.
7. This is very useful for learning.
8. Could you send me the ?

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. to download = to
   deletechargecopy to your phone
2. a password is a
   long messagesmall devicesecret word
3. online =
   connected to the internetvery smallvery old
4. a gadget is a small
   useful devicemessageseason
5. memory is
   space for filesa kind of screena type of app
6. a notification is a
   message from an appsecret wordwebsite link

Use these phrases to talk about technology.

• Technology is changing fast.Технології швидко змінюються.Technology is changing very fast.
• I'm using my phone more and more.Я користуюся телефоном дедалі більше.I'm using my phone more and more.
• This app is too difficult.Цей застосунок надто складний.This app is too difficult for me.
• It isn't fast enough.Він недостатньо швидкий.My phone isn't fast enough.
• I spend too much time...Я витрачаю надто багато часу...I spend too much time on my phone.
• I don't have enough memory.У мене недостатньо пам'яті.I don't have enough memory on my phone.
• Could you send me the link?Не міг би ти надіслати мені посилання?Could you send me the link, please?
• My battery is dying.Мій акумулятор сідає.My battery is dying, I need a charger.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. The first text message was sent in 1992.
   TrueFalse
2. It said "Merry Christmas".
   TrueFalse
3. Neil Papworth sent it from a mobile phone to a computer.
   TrueFalse
4. The first phone had no keyboard.
   TrueFalse
5. Early text messages could be very long.
   TrueFalse

1. Do you use your phone too much?
2. Which app helps you most?
3. How is technology changing school and work?
4. What would life be like without a phone?

Common mistakes: too comes before the adjective, enough comes after it. ✗ enough big → big enough. ✗ I too like it → I like it too / I like it very much.

1. Technology
   is changingchanges
   fast now.
2. I'm using my phone
   more and manymore and more
   .
3. This app is
   enoughtoo
   difficult for me.
4. My phone isn't fast
   tooenough
   .
5. I spend
   too manytoo much
   time on my phone.
6. I don't have
   enoughtoo
   memory.
7. Phones are
   gettingget
   smarter.
8. It
   will mightmight
   be useful.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. Technology changes fast now. →
2. The screen is enough big. →
3. I have too many time. →
4. My phone isn't enough fast. →
5. This app is enough difficult. →
6. Phones are get better. →

Answer in detail. Use the Present Continuous for changes and too / enough.

1. What is your phone like?
2. How much time do you spend online every day?
3. Which app is too difficult or too slow for you?
4. How is technology changing your life?
5. Do you have enough memory on your phone?
6. What gadget would you like to have?

Three people describe how they use technology. Compare them. Who uses a phone the most? Who is too busy to use it? Which person is most like you?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: your phone and apps (what you use it for).
3. Part 2: how technology is changing your life (the Present Continuous).
4. Part 3: a problem with technology (too / enough) and a gadget you want.

1. How many hours a day do you use your phone?
2. What is your favourite app?
3. Do you use your phone to learn English?
4. Do you prefer calling or texting?
5. What is the best gadget you have?
6. Do you charge your phone at night?
7. Do you have enough memory on your phone?
8. What is too slow in your life?

1. Which family member uses a phone the most?
2. Who is learning to use a new app?
3. Who spends too much time on the phone?
4. Whose phone isn't fast enough?
5. What are your friends downloading now?
6. Who sends you the most messages?

1. Is technology changing school?
2. Are phones getting better every year?
3. Is it good to have a phone at dinner?
4. Should children have phones?
5. Could you live a week without a phone?